Principles Archive

Swarthmore is characterized by a distinctive tradition of intellectual intensity shared by faculty and students and represented in our alumni. This tradition is embodied by the Honors Program and shapes...

The grand ambition of the liberal arts college, America’s unique contribution to higher education, is that the residential experience should inspire students to pursue their own passions even as they...

In being active scholars and artists, often enlisting students as collaborators, faculty members model for students the processes of rigorously and imaginatively analyzing received wisdom and ultimately creating new knowledge...

Demographic trends, along with the current uncertain economic climate, suggest that we look even more closely at our recruitment efforts to ensure that our commitments to access and diversity remain...